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Chinese symbol for “practitioner”

从业者
cóng yè zhě
Traditional: 從業者
people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional

The closest CC-CEDICT match for practitioner is 从业者 (cóng yè zhě), defined as: people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

从 cóng
from, by, since, whence, through
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “practitioner”

WordPinyinMeaning
执业 (執業)zhí yèto work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer); practitioner

Related words

Other words that share a character with 从业者.

WordPinyinMeaning
从事 (從事)cóng shìto go for; to engage in
从而 (從而)cóng érthus; thereby
从来 (從來)cóng láialways; at all times
自从 (自從)zì cóngsince (a time); ever since
从未 (從未)cóng wèinever
从此 (從此)cóng cǐfrom now on; since then
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “practitioner”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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